This year on Hive has been an interesting journey. I've managed to grow my account in ways I really wouldn't have though possible just a year ago. Much of this growth is thanks to all of you here on Hive who have kindly supported me. I also credit part to joining Saturday Savers community, who have helped me focus on my goals and to achieve them.
This has been an exciting week for me. I finally achieved my goal of 5,000 HP which was the goal for the year. The best part is it was done organically. The way I see it if I'm able to do this is less than two years pretty much anyone can. All it takes is dedication and some hard work as you learn to improve your writing, which has been a challenge for me! Little by little things do improve!
Let's jump into the numbers for this last week...
Hive Power
I had a good week yet again in regards to Hive Power, but then again I have been posting regularly which probably didn't hurt... As of this morning I have conquered the 5K mountain, and now have 5,046 HP!
This accomplishment has felt great, and now time to grow that HP even more!
DUO
OK, time for some blatant self promotion, but I am really proud of this project! DUO is a token that I created with @bulliontools and @bitcoinman several months back now. Our goal was to create a token that could build up enough Hive Power to assist in onboarding and retaining new Hive members. Our hope is that the curations we can offer will help encourage them so that they can grow into successful Hive bloggers. We are still very early in the project but have already managed to accumulate almost 22,000 HP thanks to our investors.
DUO token holders receive some great benefits. Once you have 200 staked tokens you can receive a daily curation on your quality posts and receive daily Hive dividends. Once you stake more than 500 DUO you also can use the DUO tip call to tip someone with some DUO, and in return you get the same amount of DUO in your account. It pays to tip others with DUO!
I currently have over 1,000 of these and will be continuing to purchase them. Once this tranche of tokens sells out the price will jump from one Hive to 1.5 Hive each. My advice is to buy in early while they are less expensive! Plus you will make money as soon as this batch sells out due to the price increase!
PIMP
My secondary goal of the year was to accumulate 50K PIMP tokens. I currently have 30,220 PIMP, so I am about 20K shy of the finish line. This one does have me a little worried because the prices jumped on me, but I'll see if I can buckle down and make some smart buys. I may be able to make it to the three PIMP tips a day yet!
Leo
This one was an along the way middle of the river goal addition. I want to have 1,500 staked LEO by the end of the year. I'm trying to earn it exclusively from posting, organically if you will. I currently have 1,177 total tokens, so I am headed in the right direction. With any luck I will be able to complete this goal yet.
One of the nice things about having more than 1K LEO is you can receive stake based curations depending on how much you have staked. I will never say no to a nice curation...
HSBI
My goal for this year was to hit 2,000 HSBI which has long since come and gone. I'm now on course to be over 3,000 HSBI and currently have 2,910 units.
I'm up 44 units on the week, hard to believe just over a year ago I only had eleven! Dedication and hard work do pay off with HSBI! Now I'll jump into a little more about the program which I do tweak here and there but doesn't change a whole lot.
Now for those out there who aren't familiar with HSBI or how it works I have some info and resources that can help you out. I also run a contest every week where you can win HSBI or some DUO tokens. This week is special because I'm giving out 15 HSBI and 7 DUO tokens. Also a legendary Splinterlands card, so check it out below! It's free to enter, just answer the entry question in the post!
Here's that info on HSBI:
The HSBI program provides periodic upvotes on your posts, and the more you have the more frequent the upvote and bigger as well. If you want more information you can read my post about it here:
@thebighigg/hsbi-what-are-they-my-experience-and-a-starter-guide
Last year when I started to look at HSBI more seriously I had a grand total of eleven units. I decided to invest more in the program by adding a daily re-blog lottery to my posts. It really made my numbers grow. Eventually, I became tired of the daily extra work and so I switched the giveaway to a weekly event. I also started to sponsor other weekly events and continue to do so every week. Some of those events include Shadow Hunters, Three Tune Tuesday, and #NinetiesFriday in addition to my weekly ten HSBI giveaway. Here's the link to enter:
@thebighigg/ten-hsbi-and-two-duo-token-giveaway-week-30-hiv
If you have questions about the events above feel free to ask, my favorite currently is #ninetiesfriday where you can share anything from the 1990's. Your imagination is the limit! One lucky winner will win six HSBI every week, three from @geneeverett and three from me.
SIM
I keep wanting to increase my stake here, but things always seem to come up.... I still hold just over one million but I want to buy up to two million to increase the daily Hive dividends. That is the beauty of this token is that every day you get some liquid Hive deposited in your account. If you don't own some it's one worth checking out!
Other Tokens
No big changes here, I am continuing to collect DBOND and DAB. I have both my DBONDs and DABs staked, so the staked DBOND produces more DAB, and the staked DAB produces more DBOND. So they are slowly growing. EDS I'm just continuing to hold just about 100 and don't foresee any big changes any time soon.
Silver
It was a rough week for Silver as there was a bit of a pull back. But you will notice there's already been a rebound. I think silver is just getting warmed up for a nice push up towards new all time highs. All the instability in the world will continue to push people into buying and holding precious metals. Here is the chart over the last five days:
silver over the last five days, chart from kitco.com
Each week I like to feature some new silver products so you can see it's not always about buying coins. Silver can be in the form of art, or even in the form of paper bills. Welcome to the Silverback! Each contains 1/1000th an ounce of 0.999 pure silver. These are very hot items but there is a bit of a premium. I have seen prices north of six dollars today, but they are a very cool way to collect wealth in the form of silver!
If you are interested in precious metals the #silvergoldstackers community may be right for you. We share silver and gold items with each other, and even if you don't have any precious metals to share you can still participate and learn!
That will wrap up this Saturday's post. Thanks for taking time to check it out and even more for all of your support, it really is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them below. Thanks so much for stopping by!
References:
https://www.kitco.com/charts/silver
https://www.jmbullion.com/1-dragons-silverback-silver-note/
Disclaimer:
I am not a financial planner and this isn't financial advice. Please always do your own research before investing your money. You worked hard enough to earn it!
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DUO token
This is a brand new token from the Hive Onboarding Committee (HOC). It offers curation, dividends, and a tipping bot for those who stake enough tokens. The overall purpose of the token is to stack enough HP to be able to assist the HOC in onboarding and retaining new members to Hive.
Please check out the white paper: @hive-193566/duo-white-paper
You can find DUO for sale here:
https://tribaldex.com/trade/DUO
https://hive-engine.com/trade/DUO
If you are interested in precious metals or even want to learn more about them feel free to come join us #silvergoldstackers
I'm a proud member of The Alliance Family!
The HOC is all about onboarding and supporting new Hive members
